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About James & Wells James & Wells is an internationally recognized, privately owned Australasian firm of patent and trade mark attorneys, intellectual…
James & Wells | Australia, New Zealand | 23 Dec 2020
Exhaustion of Patent Rights: Will New Zealand Follow Suit?
As has been widely reported, the High Court of Australia recently handed down its highly anticipated judgment in Calidad Pty Ltd v Seiko Epson…
James & Wells | New Zealand | 11 Dec 2020
Avoiding common legal traps with the online sale of food and beverage
In the global COVID-19 environment, we have seen the growth of online sales of food and beverage products as Kiwis eat more local rather than imported…
James & Wells | Australia | 7 Dec 2020
Case Summary: Meat and Livestock Australia Limited v Branhaven LLC
In Australia, the Raising the Bar amendments to the Patents Act were designed to raise the threshold needed to have a patent granted. However the Full…
James & Wells | Australia | 2 Dec 2020
Unallowable - the Federal Court of Australia requests amendment of history
In our first article in this series on Australian and New Zealand law, we reported on the current law on amendment allowability following Australia’s…
James & Wells | Australia | 26 Nov 2020
Allowable - the Federal Court of Australia clarifies the law on amendment
In the first of a series of articles on Australian and New Zealand law, we report on the current law on amendment allowability following Australia’s…
James & Wells | New Zealand | 12 Nov 2020
IP and social media - mind your T’s, C’s, P’s and Q’s
Social media is a powerful marketing tool. Just ask all those small businesses who have signed up this year to Facebook groups like Chooice…
James & Wells | Australia | 20 Oct 2020
Case Summary : Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. v Intervet International B.V. [2020] FCA 1333
This dispute, concerning an invention for controlling parasites in animals, is a reminder that patent applications can get caught up in years-long…
James & Wells | Australia | 9 Oct 2020
Case Summary : Mylan Health Pty Ltd v Sun Pharma ANZ Pty Ltd
The successful grant of patent rights in Australia (as in most countries) requires the claimed invention to be novel and to comprise an inventive step…
James & Wells | New Zealand | 25 Sep 2020
Social media influencers - a mixture of risk and reward
The use of social media influencers to promote products is on the rise. As digital advertising practices continue to evolve, the legal risks become…
James & Wells | Australia, New Zealand | 24 Sep 2020
The patent of addition - protecting improvements and modifications - Australia and New Zealand
Applicants file patent applications to protect important inventions. Often, however, minor improvements or modifications may be made to an invention…
